Political Science : Public Policy

A behind-the-scenes look at the environment for US defence policy and budgeting. It shows how the political base for defence spending is eroding and that the economic benefits of defence spending and of foreign military sales are increasingly concentrated. more...

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This study looks at how future changes in military missions, organizations and technology may affect work and workers in the US Department of Defense. It concludes that despite the many changes anticipated in DoD processes, relatively few characteristics are expected to change. more...

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Topical and critical in style, this book provides readers with an evaluation of the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders in the UK. more...

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Kirsten Sehnbruch uses the case study of Chile to show the failures and inner-working of neo-liberal labour policy. She shows in detail what the real policy issue should be, namely the creation of proper institutions and of a corps of competent professionals with relevant skills and powers to operate them. This is extremely timely work, in that institutions are a matter of enormous concern in the international development community of policy-makers, who are desperate to make current orthodoxy work in terms of sustainability, the quality of life, human development and other dimensions beyond GDP growth. more...

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'What a welcome gift!' John Clark Project Director UN Secretary-General's Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations. 'This book truly breaks new ground in the field of civil society studies by introducing an innovative assessment tool which can be of use to practitioners policy-makers and researchers alike.' Kumi Naidoo Chief Executive Officer CIVICUS Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations institutions and movements - has in recent years emerged as the major force for change in the realms of politics public policy and society both globally and locally. Yet despite the crucial importance of this political phenomenon to the principle and practice of democracy it eludes definition and systematic understanding. This book provides a comprehensive and flexible framework for the definition measurement analysis and interpretation of civil society based on the innovative 'Civil Society Diamond'. Written as a guide for both practitioners and academics the book presents precise and insightful solutions to the issues of how to understand the concept of civil society where to locate it theoretically and empirically and which techniques are best suited to its measurement. The approach presented here has been successfully adopted across a wide range of civil society organizations in over 30 countries. The author draws on and applies a diverse repertoire of indicators tools and data - suitable for various organizational forms practical contexts and theoretical perspectives - which measure the effectiveness of civil society initiatives and reveal certain strategic and policy options. The aim is to promote and facilitate structured informed and fruitful dialogue within civil society organizations and between them and the governmental corporate and academic actors with whom they are now so integrally linked. more...

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